Disconcertion: alternatives and connections

Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.

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A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not kn…

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A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.

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A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.

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To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

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To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

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The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.

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The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.